Motivational Quotes

Work

It is an article of faith in my creed to pick the man who does not take himself seriously, but does take his work seriously.

- Cahill, Michael C.

Best Quotes about Work

Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win.

Comaneci, Nadia

The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo of ease and leisure.

Thoreau, Henry David

Everybody on a championship team doesn't get publicity, but everyone can say he's a champion.

Johnson, Earvin ''Magic''

A man must drive his energy, not be driven by it.

Book, William Frederick

It is wonderful when a calculation is made, how little the mind is actually employed in the discharge of any profession.

Johnson, Samuel

Housework is work directly opposed to the possibility of human self-actualization.

Oakley, Ann

We have always found that people are most productive in small teams with tight budgets, time lines and the freedom to solve their own problems.

Rollwagen, John

Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions.

Twain, Mark

Hard work is the key to success, so work diligently on any project you undertake. If you truly want to be successful, be prepared to give up your leisure time and work past 5 PM and on weekends. Also, have faith in yourself. If you come up with a new idea that you believe in, don't allow other people to discourage you from pursuing it.

Lazarus, Charles

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When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him whose?

Marquis, Don

11.

Work is only work if you'd rather be doing something else.

Prince, Ray

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There is a kind of victory in good work, no matter how humble.

Kemp, Jack

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People have been known to achieve more as a result of working with others than against them.

Fromme, Dr. Allan

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All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, and Jill a wealthy widow.

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Keep quiet. Do your work in the world, but inwardly keep quiet. Then all will come to you.

Maharaj, Nisaragada Ha

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Whatever muscles I have are the product of my own hard work and nothing else.

Ashford, Evelyn

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A new breed of Americans born out of the social movements of the 60s and grown into a majority in the 70s holds a set of values so markedly different from the traditional outlook that they promise to transform the character of work in America in the 80s.

Yankelovitch, Daniel

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Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Thomas A. Edison

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Our works decay and disappear but God gentlest works stay looking down on the ruins we toil to rear.

Smith, Dr. Walter

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It is quite possible to work without results, but never will there be results without work.

21.

If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join a union.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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If it's true that men today value their lives outside of work as much as women do--and research proves it is--then they have to join women's fight to reconstruct the way we work and create a new, broader definition of success.

Mckenna, Elizabeth Perle

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When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat.

Riley, Pat

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There isn't any luck that enters into anything, unless it's poker or shooting dice, maybe. There is no luck to merchandising. There is no luck in going out and working from early in the morning to long after dinner. That is not luck, it's work.

Fitch, Fred W.

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After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if you are bound to fake one of them, it had better be life.

Brodsky, Joseph

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When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality.

Paterno, Joe

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No bees, no honey; no work, no money.

Proverb

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The history of all countries shows that the working class exclusively by its own effort is able to develop only trade-union consciousness.

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich

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I must work the work of him that sent me while it is day; for the night comet when no man can work.

Bible

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The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.

Lombardi, Vince

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I love the work; I could sit and look at it for hours.

32.

Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.

Ford, Henry

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What is work and what is not work are questions that perplex the wisest of men.

Bhagavad Gita

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The quality of your work, in the long run, is the deciding factor on how much your services are valued by the world.

Marden, Orison Swett

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Never continue in a job you don't enjoy. If you're happy in what you're doing, you'll like yourself, you'll have inner peace. And if you have that, along with physical health, you will have had more success than you could possibly have imagined.

Johnny Carson

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I make no secret of the fact that I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it. But you have to be efficient if you're going to be lazy.

Conran, Shirley

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Nowhere so busy a man as he than he, and yet he seemed busier than he was.

Chaucer, Geoffrey

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I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.

Edison, Thomas A.

39.

I learned the value of hard work by working hard.

Fitzpatrick, Margaret M.

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Work is more fun than fun.

Coward, Noel

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The way to push things through to a finish effectively must be learned.

Book, William Frederick

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Blessed is that man who has found his work.

Hubbard, Elbert

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Every job has drudgery, whether it is in the home, in the school, or in the office. The first secret of happiness is the recognition of this fundamental fact.

Mcintosh, M. C.

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Work either expands or contracts in order to fill the time available.

Parkinson's Law

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I am his mistress. His work is his wife.

Javits, Marion

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We take eagles and teach them to fly in formation.

Calloway, Wayne

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The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.

Maurois, Andre

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The secret of life is not to do what you like, but to like what you do.

Proverb, American

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No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.

Waitley, Denis

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Work is the province of cattle.

Parker, Dorothy